, 1887-08-19
TOW N TALK
Cosby Little paragraphs Picked UP
Throughout the City.

Said a maid, 1 will marry for lucre."
And her scandalized ma almost shucre
But when the chance came.
And she told the good dame,
notice she did not rebucre.
The highest temperature yesterday was
So, the lowest $50.
Four sisters of the Sacred Heart were
west bound passengers last evening. They
were enroute to Ogden.
The pay car arrived last evening and
settled with the railroad boys for services
rendered during the past month.
The Cheyenne Red Stocking base ball
club leaves for North Platte, Neb., this
morning. They will play two games with
the nine of that city.
A horse which a lady was riding through
the park yesterday evening became I'M
manageable and threw its fair rider to
the ground. The equestrienne was not
seriously injured.
A 2:36 trotting race will occur on the
first day of the fair. A purse of 5000
has been offered by the association. This
swells the amount offered in cash prizes
for the race to 50, $50.
There is considerable talk of endeavor-
ing to make up some bicycle races for one
day of the fair week. These contests are
exciting and entertaining, and the project
should be encouraged.
Mileage tickets are now on sale at the
Union Pacific ticket office in this city.
Thousand mile tickets east and south
cost $25 and $50 respectively. Two
thousand mile tickets for the west sell for
$50.
The clerk who is serving a term in the
county Jail for the larceny of 81, threatens
to remain in the city after his time ex-
pjres, revenge himself upon enemies and
organize an anti marked money socie-
ty."
Three tramps attempted to rob the
residence of Homer Merrill, at Rawlins.
They assaulted and seriously injured a
domestic named Emma Trempe. The
d~epredators will be roughly handled if
captured.
A policeman was yesterday heard to
ask citizen to take something" The lat.
ter dropped dead. The initials of his
name are Jim Julien. He will be buried
this afternoon. Rev. Geo. L. Taylor will
preach the funeral sermon.
A man indicted by the grand jury for
committing an assault with intent to kill,
was liberated from the jail a few days ago
upon approved security. The prescott
ing witness, the injured party, is still in
custody, and has been for 1913 days.
The party mentioned in THE LEADER
yesterday who paid STAT to the express
company for a dozen chickens sent from
Central City, Neb., to Cheyenne, must
have had a special rate" said a gentle
man yesterday, II was charged $l.55 for
the same service"
Patterson, the Wyoming murderer cap
tured in Idaho, is still uncommunicative,
and refuses to answer to the name of Pat
terson. There is not the remotest doubt
as to the identity of the man, and it is
probably only a matter of time as to
when he will make a confession.
MIR. I. A. Kent has posted a $50 prize
Tor a three mile novelty race to take place
during fair week. The animals entered
are to trot a mile, run a mile. and walk
the same distance. The winner of the
hrst, second and third miles will be
awarded $40, $l5 and 1875 respectively.
The county commissioners held a short
session yesterday morning and accepted
the two new steel cells recently placed in
the county jail by the Pauly Manufactur.
ing company. The price paid for the
pair was $4,000. The officials are salts
ned with the bargain. and pronounce the
cells simply perfect.
Thrown from a Horse.
Kerr M. Sheets, of Iron Mountain, was